Willow Basket Weaving
Willow Basket Weaving
Saturday, December 14, 2024
9am-5pm
Only 10 spaces available. We anticipate this class will fill fast.
Learn the way of willow! Using a combination of wild and cultivated basketry willow, we will weave a small basket, learning various weaves and techniques along the way. Specific techniques covered are weaving a round base using pairing, a 3-rod wale, french randing, and creating a decorative rod border. This is meant to be an intro to willow basketry, focusing on getting to know the material and the process of weaving with willow. While weaving, we will discuss harvesting and cultivation methods, materials preparation, and ongoing care for your basket.
Please bring:
- Pruning shears if you have them (think garden clippers, like Felcos)
- A small craft knife
Nick LaHaise is a basket weaver, green wood worker, carpenter, chef, and teacher. He has studied various traditional arts, wilderness skills, deep nature connection mentoring, and rites of passage over the last decade. Nick currently organizes Buckeye Gathering, a weeklong ancestral skills gathering, teaches woodworking at a Wild River Waldorf School in Truckee, and guides Wilderness Fasts through the School of Lost Borders. He has been weaving baskets and teaching willow basketry for over 10 years, and is growing a small plot of basketry willow in Sierra Valley, where he lives with his family.
REGISTRATION
Pricing
- Full Tuition: $195- Register by 12/13
- Early Bird Discount: $185 – Register by 12/06
- Super Early Bird Discount: $175 – Register by 11/29
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The Willow Project at Santa Cruz Permaculture Farm
The Santa Cruz Permaculture Farm is growing more and more willow every year to support the cultural renaissance of regional and national growers and weavers. Currently we have 1 acre planted with 18 different varieties of basketry and architectural willows. Presently we are offering courses to educate ourselves and others and continuing to expand our patch, and in the coming years we will begin selling rods for weavers and cuttings for growers.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Cancellations up to two weeks before the course begins will be refunded, excluding a $150 processing fee. No refunds are given after that date.
Participants are welcome to defer their enrollment to the next session of the course.
The course is held on our 26-acre farm north of Davenport, CA, 20 minutes north of the Westside of Santa Cruz and 1 hour from San Jose or San Francisco.